Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Necklace

Details
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Necklace
brass wire and string
overall: 4 3/4 x 20 5/8 in. (12 x 52.3 cm.)
loop: 13 in. (33 cm.)
Executed circa 1940.
Provenance
Perls Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
J. Lipman, Calder’s Universe, exh. cat., New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1976, p. 209 (illustrated).
D. Bourdon, Calder: Mobilist/Ring Master/Innovator, New York, 1980, p. 80 (illustrated).
S. Thierry, ed., The intimate World of Alexander Calder, exh. cat., Paris, Musée des Art Décoratif, 1989, p. 288 (illustrated in color).
M. Prather, ed., Alexander Calder: 1898-1976, exh. cat., Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1998, p. 139, fig. 29 (illustrated).
E. Zafran, ed., Calder in Connecticut, exh. cat., Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000, p. 16, fig. 7 (illustrated).
A. Rower, et. al., eds., Calder Jewelry, New York, 2007, p. 281 (illustrated).
A. Rower, et. al., eds., Calder by Matter: Herbert Matter Photographs of Alexander Calder and his Work, Paris, 2013, p. 198 (illustrated).

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This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A16959.

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